Central American Pyrenomycetes. 411 



is described as "pulvinate-cupulate," i. e., a pulvinate Sphceria 

 sessile on and inseparable from the subrepand cup; which 

 does not seem to apply to the present species. 



On thin bark of dead Hmbs, Castillo Viejo. (C. L. S.) 



Daldinia concentrica {Bolt.) Ccs. & De Not. 



On dead trees, Ometepe and Castillo Viejo. (C. L. S.) 



USTILINA VULGARIS TuL 



Castillo Viejo. (C. L. S.) 



Camillea turbinata [Berk.) E. (Sc E. 

 (Hypoxylon turbinatum Berk.) 



Varnished, erumpent, coffee-colored then black, at length 

 entirely free; receptacle turbinate, attenuated downwards, with 

 convex apex, in the center slightly depressed over the oblong, 

 membranaceous perithecia. Asci ellipsoidal, short pedicellate, 

 paraphysate. Sporidia oblong, 12-14x8-10//, slightly later- 

 ally compressed, pale sooty. 



On wood and fallen tree trunks near Apiahy, Brazil. Stro- 

 mata 7-14 mm. high, 8-14 mm. wide, within at base white- 

 flocculose, in the middle part compact, chestnut brown and 

 sub-fibrous, and bearing the perithecia above. [Sacc. Syll. I, 



P-372.J 



The specimens collected at Castillo Viejo by myself, are 

 almost sessile. Mr. Shimek collected specimens of this species 

 at Ometepe, on bark, which are like the specimens from Cas- 

 tillo Viejo and some on wood which are on branching stipes. 



C. BILABIATA SpCg. F. Piu'gg, No. 259. 



Superficial, black, rather small, sub-conical, 4-5 mm. wide, 

 2^-3 mm. high, deeply excavated at apex; the pit with ob- 

 tuse margin, navicular-bilabiate. Perithecia cylindrical, -wholly 

 immersed in the stroma, 1^-2 mm. high, 0.2-.3 mm. dia. 

 Asci and sporidia not seen. 



On fallen, decaying branches in the woods near Apiahy, 

 Brazil. [Sacc. Syll. IX, p. 541.] 



The Nicaraguan specimens were without fruit, as were 



